Slow Music For Rapid Eye Movement

about this album

Re-issue of sold out debut album from Daniel Mackenzie aka Ekca Liena. Originally released on CDr in 2008, the album has been re-edited, remastered and expanded, featuring a whole extra disc of remixes. The album was originally released in a limited edition of 100 in special tin packaging and promptly sold out thanks to high praise from Norman Records. Limited to 300 double CD edition, packaged in a full colour 6 panel Stumptown gatefold sleeve. First 50 copies include a bonus 3” EP, not available elsewhere. Remix disc features remixes from Nick Hudson, Clem Leek, Pupilar, Kixotek, Duncan Harrison and Aidan Baker. Review exerpts: "Dead Pilot Records, his label, have afforded him a Mogwai meets Stars of the Lid tag and you can see where they are coming from on compositions such as "We Are Dying Flames" which combines the intense, all-consuming ferocity of the former with the hypnotic tranquility of the latter, utilising both of these factors to fashion a piece of music that may alter your perception of the word epic." "This record will undoubtedly hit fans of Ambient soundscaping where they live. Veering light years away from the bland supermarket variety, favoured by many, that tends to blight this genre, Mackenzie creates several heart-stopping moments throughout this nine-track record." " "Reverse Erasing" sends shivers cascading like a waterfall down your spine with its superb, Oriental chiming and staggered tick-tocking production, stretching synthetic orchestratio

why this is interesting

# Why This Album Merits Your Attention This reissue presents a thoughtfully restored artifact from ambient music's experimental margins. Originally circulated in a severely limited edition, the album explores the tension between its paradoxical title through textural layering and patient sound design. What distinguishes it is neither novelty nor accessibility, but rather a commitment to compositional restraint—the understanding that absence can be as expressive as presence. The expanded second disc, featuring reinterpretations by fellow explorers in electronic music, transforms the work into a conversation across time rather than a finished statement. For listeners seeking music that unfolds gradually, rewarding sustained attention over passive consumption, this deserves consideration. The remastering

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